As published in the Courier-Tribune on June 20, 2012
By Hugh Martin
TROY — During the regular June 13 meeting of the Montgomery Community College Board of Trustees contracts for seventy-nine positions at the school were approved.
These are instructional and support staff employed by the college.
Included in those contract approvals are 57 12-month positions, one 12-month permanent part-time position, six 10-month positions, eight nine-month positions, three nine-month permanent part-time positions and seven six-month full-time positions.
The trustees also approved an interim budget resolution that would allow the college to continue to operate in the event that the North Carolina Legislature does not have a budget in place by July 1, which is the beginning of the next fiscal year.
“We will be able to operate at a minimal capacity,” said Dr. Mary Kirk, MCC president.
Trustees Sam Martin, Paula Covington and Ricardo Romero were administered the oaths of office for their next terms after being reappointed to the board.
Kirk awarded the Excellence in Teaching Award to Lori McAlister and Phi Theta Kappa awards to chapter advisors Robert Nelson and Cindy Caviness.
A tuition increase of $2.50 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students has been approved by the N.C. General Assembly. Effective Fall 2012, in-state tuition will be $69 per credit hour. Out-of-state tuition will be $261 per credit hour.
Gunsmithing graduates have headed off to new jobs. One graduate has interviewed with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Another graduate has taken an intern position at a hunting reserve in Argentina and another will be working in Florida. The firearms firm Benelli USA has announced that it be on the MCC campus to interview potential employees.
Neil Claasen, a gunsmithing student, was introduced as the new Student Government Association president.
Student Ambassadors for the next year were also introduced: Gabrielle Collins is pursuing a Criminal Justice major and John Penry is in the Forest Management program. Amanda Saunders (Early Childhood) and Adam Loflin (Electronics) were not present, but will be introduced to board members later.
In other business, trustees:
* Approved the hiring of Anita Presnell as accountant, replacing Jeanette McBride, who will assume the position of vice president of administrative services as of July 1.
* Heard updates from the vice president of student services and vice president of instruction.
* Were presented a revised Admissions Policy for first reading. Changes to the policy address the admission of undocumented immigrants, an exception to the open-door admission policy based on a documented safety threat and the new Career and College Promise program for high school students.
* Heard a presentation on Early Childhood Education from Darlene Brown.
* Met Julia Kennedy, new director of professional development and learning technologies.
* Approved a revised policy on shared leave for college employees.
* Approved a blanket authorization for Kirk for travel, using a college or personal vehicle, to the counties of Montgomery, Randolph, Moore, Stanly, Richmond, Guilford, Forsyth, Wake and Mecklenburg counties.
Traditionally, the MCC Board of Trustees do not meet in July. The next meeting will be on Aug. 8 at 7 p.m.
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